A Complete and Strongly Anonymous Leximin Relation on Infinite Streams

Geir Asheim and Stéphane Zuber

No 3578, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: Various extensions of the leximin order to the infinite dimensional setting have been suggested. They relax completeness and strong anonymity. Instead, by removing sensitivity to generations at infinite rank this paper defines a complete and strongly anonymous leximin relation on infinite streams. The order is axiomatized, and it is shown to be the limit of extended rank-discounted utilitarianism for any utility function, as the discount factor approaches zero.

Keywords: intergenerational equity; lexicographic maximin (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 D71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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